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Rail services will continue to be disrupted on Friday due to the knock-on effects of the second day of this week’s rail strikes. Here are answers to 10 key questions about what passengers should expect to see on Friday. How many trains will run on Friday?
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The rail strikes are to go ahead after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
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Transport for London (TfL) and FirstGroup-owned Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have indicated they will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the 2016 Croydon tram crash.
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Train drivers are to strike over pay and more rail workers are to be balloted for industrial action in growing disputes in the industry which threaten huge travel disruption in the coming weeks.
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Railway workers will go on a three-day strike over pay and jobs later this month.
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Travellers in London have been warned of severe disruption to Tube services following the Jubilee weekend because of a strike by thousands of workers in a dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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Passenger trains could be blocked from station platforms by parked freight services during strikes, an industry leader has warned. John Smith, chief executive of firm GB Railfreight, told the PA news agency the measure may be required if a skeleton timetable is implemented during industrial action. Fears have been raised that staff walkouts could lead…
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The British Transport Police have become the first force in the UK to arm volunteer officers with Tasers. It comes after the Home Secretary last week unveiled plans to give special constables powers to use the weapons, which temporarily incapacitate a person by delivering an electric current through two small-barbed darts. From Friday, some British…
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PATHFINDER Tours’ annual ‘Mazey Day Cornishman’ special from Solihull to Penzance via Oxford on June 25 has been cancelled. The tour operator made the decision today (May 27) to pull the train from its schedules due to the uncertainty around possible national rail strike during June. Only a few days before the decision, 40,000 RMT union members voted overwhelmingly…
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This week the new Elizabeth Line finally opened to the public after a nearly four-year-long delay. Commuters and rail enthusiasts were quick to descend on the new line and be amongst some of the first paying customers to use the service. Here are a selection of video highlights from the opening week… The Queen Opens…
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